Comparison

The Quint vs ETHRWorld

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Quint

This news platform delivers award-winning journalism with a focus on in-depth investigations, fact-checking, and multimedia storytelling. It covers underreported issues and social justice topics, supported by a reader-powered membership model for independent reporting.

Highlights
  • Award-winning journalism
  • In-depth investigations
  • Fact-checking unit (WebQoof)
  • Multimedia storytelling (documentaries, explainers)
  • Exclusive shows and podcasts
  • Reader-powered membership model
  • Coverage of underreported issues
Features
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The Quint is a leading Indian digital news platform renowned for its high-quality, award-winning journalism that prioritizes depth, integrity, and impact. Its journalists have secured prestigious accolades, including multiple Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, RedInk Awards, WAN-IFRA South Asian Digital Media Awards, INMA Global Media Awards 2025, and recognitions in Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards 2025. This reflects strong journalism quality through rigorous, ground-reported enterprise stories, in-depth investigations, fact-checking via the IFCN-certified WebQoof unit, and multimedia excellence in documentaries, explainers, and visual storytelling. The Quint emphasizes exclusive coverage via Special Projects — powerful long-form investigations, impactful documentaries (on urban walkability, public transport failures, hate crimes like 'Uncovering Hate', hijab bans, cow vigilantism), and series like 'Caught in the Middle' (middle-class issues), 'Naukri Crisis' and citizen journalism platform 'My Report'. Exclusive shows and programs include video-heavy originals on YouTube, podcasts like 'The Big Story', and deep dives into social justice, policy, and underreported issues. To sustain this independent, fearless reporting amid challenges, The Quint focuses on a reader-powered membership model. The Quint's Members gain ad-free access, paywalled premium content, exclusive goodie bags, opinion columns, and priority to unlimited stories, videos, and podcasts. The Quint has a dedicated community that funds and champions its mission to "question everything" and deliver stories others avoid or miss — earning praise for reliability, depth, and real-world impact in India's evolving media landscape.

About

ETHRWorld

Features
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ETHRWorld tracks all the media agencies focusing on the HR sector and tracks the most relevant and important news and analysis on the industry. Through its features such as Articles, Blogs, Polls and Slideshows, it covers different aspect of the industry in one single platform. ETHRWorld sends out a free daily newsletter to its subscribers - summarizing day’s essential news, reports and analysis. We link all the stories around the web and track all the top sources, including news sites, reporters, tweets and status updates to bring to our subscribers a comprehensive view of the latest updates in the industry. Daily E-Newsletter Our newsletter attracts a readership of decision makers, policy makers, investors and professionals from the HR sector in India.

Screenshots

The Quint4 screens
ETHRWorld4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Quint at every 5 days against ETHRWorld's every 6 weeks. The Quint also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Quint ships an update every 5 days, ETHRWorld every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Quint versus ETHRWorld: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe QuintETHRWorld
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuintillion Media Private LimitedTimes Internet Limited

In-app purchases

None

The Quint

No in-app purchases

None

ETHRWorld

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Quint free?
The Quint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ETHRWorld free?
ETHRWorld is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Quint or ETHRWorld have ads?
Neither The Quint nor ETHRWorld shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Quint or ETHRWorld?
The Quint ships an update every 5 days, and ETHRWorld every 6 weeks. Most recently, The Quint was updated on October 24, 2026 and ETHRWorld on October 25, 2026.

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